Re: Alcatel ADSL Modem

[Alan Shields <alan@xxxxxxx>]

Use smoothwall, it works straight out of the box with the alcatel
modem.

I had a go at getting it to work on a standard linux distro last year,
without much success. The usb support for linux is still fairly new and
though people have it working there is a lot of effort involved. 

Alan Shields
alan@xxxxxxx

On Thursday, March 7, 2002, at 09:10  am, Quinten Uijldert wrote:

> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm about to sign up for ADSL (once my HH is removed) and I've been
> reading
> > with interest the discussion of modem v router.
> >
> > I was planning to use the Alcatel USB modem connected directly to a
> Linux
> PC
> > to give the benefit of a more flexible firewall / NAT setup and the
> > advantage of having the real ip on a pc as opposed to at the router
> for
> > anything that can't cope with NAT (like some voice chat programs).
> >
> > Will the modem work fine on Linux or will I have to reboot the
> machine
> > periodically and with a power cycle or just a warm reboot.
> >
> > Jeff.
>
>
> The Alcatel website has information on drivers for Linux, have you
> looked
> there?  I'm happily using the USB modem on a Windows box, but am moving to
> a
> setup just like yours soon as well. Will be very interested to find out
> how
> you get on (i'm very much a linux newbie).
>
> Q.
>
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